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Welcome to the Travelers Rest High School Attendance Page! I hope that you will find this information useful in answering any questions that you may have regarding your student’s attendance for the school year. Please contact me if you have any additional questions or concerns.
Kellie Coleman, Attendance Clerk
Email: khcoleman@greenville.k12.sc.us
Phone: 864-355-0002
Fax: 864-355-0088
ABSENCES
For students in grades K-12, principals shall promptly approve or disapprove any student’s absence in excess of 10 days (5 per semester), whether those absences are lawful, unlawful, or a combination of the two. Absences in excess of 10 days will not be considered excused with a parent/guardian note unless accompanied by official medical documentation or otherwise approved by the principal as a lawful absence.
All absence excuse notes (medical, parent, legal, etc.) need to be submitted within 3 days of the absence.
Students must attend the majority of a class period in order to be counted present for that class.
Students receive a full day absence if they are not present for at least half of the school day.
EARLY DISMISSALS
There are 2 ways parents/guardians can submit an early dismissal request for their student:
They can send a note with their student to turn in to the Attendance office on their way to 1st block. The note needs to have the first and last name of the student, the time of the dismissal, parent/guardian name and contact number. I will call the parent/guardian to verify the dismissal.
Parents/guardians can submit early dismissals through the Early Dismissal Form (link below). This form must be submitted by 10:00am in order to allow time for processing. A copy of the parent/guardian's ID is required to be uploaded with this form for verification. I will call the parent/guardian to verify the dismissal.
As your student is leaving for their dismissal, they will need to stop by either the Attendance office or the Welcome Center to sign out by scanning their school ID.
If a form or note is not received, parents/guardians will need to come to the Welcome Center with their ID to sign their student out.
TARDY POLICY
Students are considered tardy if they are not inside their classroom by the time the bell rings. All tardy students are required to come by the Attendance office for a pass to class.
Tardy Consequences:
1-3 Tardies: Warning/Conference
4-5 Tardies: After School Detention & Parent Contact
6-7 Tardies: Detention or ISS
8+ Tardies: ISS Multiple Days or OSS
TRUANCY
S.C. Compulsory School Attendance Law: Section 59-65-10 of S.C. Code of Laws - All parents or guardians are required to cause their children to regularly attend a public or private school or other program which has been approved by the State Board of Education beginning at age five (5) and continuing until their 17th birthday.
Students are considered truant if they have 3 consecutive unexcused absences or 5 total unexcused absences in a school year.
You can help prevent your student from becoming truant by submitting absence excuse notes within the 3-day timeframe of the absence.
If your student becomes truant, you will receive an automated phone call from Parent Backpack. I will also call to discuss with you and set up a meeting with your student to conduct an Attendance Intervention Plan. If absences continue after the intervention plan, the student will be referred to a district level attendance supervisor.
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